reconditory

R1E1C3O1N1D2I1T1O1R1Y4

noun

A repository; a storehouse

OriginLatin reconditorium →
Scrabble 17
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounreconditory (plural reconditories)

plural reconditories

  1. obsoleteA repository; a storehouse

    in which they put the dead body ; and being thus inclosed, they place it in a reconditory in the house , setting it upright against the wall

    1737, John Greaves, Miscellaneous Works
  2. A reliquary

Origin

  1. Latinreconditorium
  2. Englishreconditory

Latin reconditorium

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

reconditory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconditory

MLA

“reconditory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconditory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reconditory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconditory.

Source: reconditory on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.